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Il suicidio nell’esercito e nelle forze dell’ordine

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Il suicidio oggi

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Il tema del suicidio tra militari e forze dell’ordine oscilla, in genere, tra l’estremo riserbo da parte degli organi ufficiali competenti e le „grida di allarme“ da parte della stampa quando qualche appartenente a tali settori dello Stato compie un suicidio. Stando a quanto dichiarato dall’allora Ministro della Difesa in un’interrogazione parlamentare del settembre 2011, ad esempio, si sono verificati, tra l’1 gennaio 2000 e il 30 giugno 2011 almeno 88 casi di suicidio nelle Forze Armate e 141 nell’Arma dei Carabinieri (seduta n. 240 della Commissione Difesa del 18 luglio 2001; indagine conoscitiva condotta in seguito al suicidio di alcuni soldati di leva).

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Giampieri, E., Alamia, A., Romanato, S., Ranzenigo, V., Ronzitti, S., Clerici, M. (2013). Il suicidio nell’esercito e nelle forze dell’ordine. In: Il suicidio oggi. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2715-2_25

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